Improvement in seeding-machine and cultivator combined



0. M. POND.

Grain Drill.

Patented July 4, 1865.

lnventon Witnesses -L'rruu. co. N.!. (assumes PROCESS) UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

0. M. POND, or innnrnnnnnon, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN SEEDlNG-MACHINE AND CULTIVATOR COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,590, dated July 4, 1865.

i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, 0. M.POND, of Independence, in the county of Buchanan and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Im provements in Combined Seeding-Machine and Gultivator, (being an improvement; on a patent issued to me October 20, 1863;) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operatiop of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a top view. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the direction of the line am.

The nature of my invention relates to a combined seeding-machine and cultivator, as hereina-fter set forth. A represents the bearing-wheels, and B't-he axle-tree.

G represents the seed-box. D represents a toothed vibrating rake placed in the bottom of the hopper, the points of the teeth terminating near the seed-opening in the g bottom of the box.

E is a hinged valve running the whole length of the seed-hox. This valve can beopenedmore or less at pleasure by means of the lever F, be-

. ing secured in notches F in the curved rod G.

gards each other. middle one is secured the bar K, which extends beneath all the others, and upon which they rest, and by raising this one by means of the handle L all the teeth are raised from the ground, in' which elevated position they can be secured by means of the spring M and catch N. When the teeth are upon the ground each the ground, and at the same time the tongue may be adjusted to teams of various, heights.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The arrangement of the described devices for jointing the tongue and reach,together and securing said joint in place, as may be required in raising and lowering said tongue and reach, in combination with the cultivator apparatus, in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. Hingingthe beams of the cultivator-teeth to the rod J, as described, in combination with the bar K, when the said bar is attached as set forth, and operating as and for the purpose herein specified.

o. M. roND.

Witnesses:

S. Woons, G. R. WALLACE.

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